The document discusses Jesus' teachings about the Kingdom of God. It notes that the Kingdom begins within individuals, not via outward displays. It discusses how the disciples initially failed to understand Jesus' spiritual mission due to preconceived notions, but later appreciated it fully after Pentecost. It explains that we can understand Christ's knowledge by experiencing spiritual rebirth. The Kingdom of God is established through individual conversion, not by worldly powers, and Christians should labor to uplift humanity as Paul did through experiencing Christ's humility and self-sacrifice.
The document discusses Jesus' teachings about the Kingdom of God. It notes that the Kingdom begins within individuals, not via outward displays. It discusses how the disciples initially failed to understand Jesus' spiritual mission due to preconceived notions, but later appreciated it fully after Pentecost. It explains that we can understand Christ's knowledge by experiencing spiritual rebirth. The Kingdom of God is established through individual conversion, not by worldly powers, and Christians should labor to uplift humanity as Paul did through experiencing Christ's humility and self-sacrifice.
The document discusses Jesus' teachings about the Kingdom of God. It notes that the Kingdom begins within individuals, not via outward displays. It discusses how the disciples initially failed to understand Jesus' spiritual mission due to preconceived notions, but later appreciated it fully after Pentecost. It explains that we can understand Christ's knowledge by experiencing spiritual rebirth. The Kingdom of God is established through individual conversion, not by worldly powers, and Christians should labor to uplift humanity as Paul did through experiencing Christ's humility and self-sacrifice.
______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 2. What blocked Jesus disciples from comprehending the spiritual glory He sought to reveal to them? (506.4) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 3. What enabled them to fully appreciate His mission and with what results? (506.4) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 4. How only can we understand the knowledge that dwelt in Christ? (507.1) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 5. What had the disciples not understood about Jesus? (507.1) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 6. Why did remorse take hold of the disciples? (508.1) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 7. What happened to the disciples as they recognized their unbelief? (508.2) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 8. Why did the disciples now rejoice that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name? (508.3) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
9. What do we need in order to discern the glory of Christ? (508.4)
______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 10. What does world loving and compromising Christianity fail to appreciate? (508.4) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 11. Why cant the gospel of God be in harmony with the spirit of the world? (509.1) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 12. Why do many religious people still want to establish the kingdom of Christ as an earthly and temporal dominion? (509.2) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 13. Why did Jesus keep aloof from earthly governments though they were often corrupt and oppressive? (509.3) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 14. If not by decisions of courts, councils, or legislative assemblies then how is the kingdom of Christ established? (509.4) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 15. What is the human agency God uses to assist in the uplifting of mankind? (509.4) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 16. What must we experience in order to labor as did Paul for the benefit of men? (510.2) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________